What is more dangerous: a gun or a swimming pool? What do they have in common a school teacher and a sumo wrestler? Why do drug dealers still live with their mothers? What seems the Ku Klux Klan to real estate agents? Through practical examples and a wry insight, Levitt and co-author, Stephen J. Dubner show that economics, at bottom, is the study of incentives: how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing.
This book is a collection of related articles written by Levitt economy, aimed at a broad segment of the population. Levitt was known in academia for applying economic theory to various issues that often do not address the economists 'traditional'. The book covers the following topics:
* Chapter 1: Discover the traps which use both teachers and sumo wrestlers.
* Chapter 2: Match the control of information maintained by both groups as the Ku Klux Klan as real estate brokers.
* Chapter 3: Examines the economics of drug trafficking, including the amazing low pay of traffickers.
* Chapter 4: Discuss the controversial impact of abortion on crime reduction.
* Chapter 5: Discuss the effects of a good education.
* Chapter 6 examines the socio-economic patterns of the different names of the people.
Indeed, a few days ago came out the trailer for the film, called "Freakonomics: The Movie," which will premiere in October 2010. It involves people like Morgan Spurlock (the Supersize Me) and Alex Gibney (among several others).
Freakonomics explores the hidden side of things ... SOMETIMES THINGS ARE NOT WHAT YOU LOOK!
The trailer (no subtitles yet) is as follows:
